Alibaba Group Holding Limited opened its Australian and New Zealand (ANZ) headquarters in Australia's Melbourne.

"With a local office and expert team, Alibaba Group will help Australian and New Zealand businesses share their world-famous products with billions of customers around the world," Jack Ma, Alibaba Group Founder and Executive Chairman told a ceremony attended by over 350 business, industry and government figures.

There are over 1,300 Australian and 400 New Zealand brands on Tmall and Tmall Global, many of which entered China for the first time through these platforms, according to Ma.

Alibaba Group Holding Limited opened its Australian and New Zealand (ANZ) headquarters in Australia's Melbourne.

"With a local office and expert team, Alibaba Group will help Australian and New Zealand businesses share their world-famous products with billions of customers around the world," Jack Ma, Alibaba Group Founder and Executive Chairman told a ceremony attended by over 350 business, industry and government figures.

There are over 1,300 Australian and 400 New Zealand brands on Tmall and Tmall Global, many of which entered China for the first time through these platforms, according to Ma.